primitive faith

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In a true sense, the doctrines of Confucius were but the elaborated and succinctly stated implications of their primitive faith.

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis

There are two religions in Japan, Buddhism and Shintooism; the latter being the primitive faith, and the former an importation from China.

From A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam' Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months by Brassey, Annie

History, however, proves that the question of oneness was yet undecided in that primitive faith, and that the intuition of God was not yet secured against the illusions of a double vision.

From Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

The simple naïveté with which he expresses this skin-deep and primitive faith is, indeed, one of the chief sources of charm in the 'Noble Numbers.'

From A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington

What is even more remarkable is that in the primitive faith, Shinto, a kindred doctrine exists; and various forms of the belief seem to characterize the thought of the Chinese and of the Koreans.

From Kokoro Japanese Inner Life Hints by Hearn, Lafcadio